10 responses to “A Photo for Friday”

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   de stijl

   January 3, 2020 at 9:46 pm

   You have a poet’s soul.

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2. 

   Steven L. Taylor

   January 3, 2020 at 9:54 pm

   @de stijl: A kind thing to say, which I very much appreciate.

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3. 

   de stijl

   January 3, 2020 at 11:23 pm

   Do you know the biography of Wallace Stevens?

   Lawyer at an insurance company.

   Also, insanely gifted poet.

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4. 

   DrDaveT

   January 4, 2020 at 12:01 am

   @de stijl:

   Also, insanely gifted poet.

   Seriously.

   With most poets, if I don’t get the poem, I assume it’s the poet’s fault. With Stevens, it’s clearly my fault. Always.

   IV
   Beauty is momentary in the mind—
   The fitful tracing of a portal;
   But in the flesh it is immortal.

   The body dies; the body’s beauty lives.
   So evenings die, in their green going,
   A wave, interminably flowing.
   So gardens die, their meek breath scenting
   The cowl of winter, done repenting.
   So maidens die, to the auroral
   Celebration of a maiden’s choral.

   Susanna’s music touched the bawdy strings
   Of those white elders; but, escaping,
   Left only Death’s ironic scraping.
   Now, in its immortality, it plays
   On the clear viol of her memory,
   And makes a constant sacrament of praise.

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5. 

   de stijl

   January 4, 2020 at 12:48 am

   So evenings die in their green going

   Fave.
6. 

   de stijl

   January 4, 2020 at 12:57 am

   @DrDaveT:

   13 ways of looking at a black bird

   The emporer of ice cream

   Genius. Heartbreaking.

   Such people should be revered.

   Dude was a lawyer. Working for some dumb ass company.

   I can’t even imagine what it was like to be him.
7. 

   de stijl

   January 4, 2020 at 1:16 am

   It was evening all afternoon.
   It was snowing
   And it was going to snow.
   The black bird sat
   In the cedar limbs.

   Snowing now right here. Light, probably a dusting. Maybe an inch or two. Barely enough to shovel except to be neighborly.

   Tomorrow to decide anyway.
8. 

   gVOR08

   January 4, 2020 at 10:48 am

   Lovely. Not only is it a striking visual, it has nothing whatsoever to do with Trump. Nice to have a weekly respite.
9. 

   Steven L. Taylor

   January 4, 2020 at 10:53 am

   @gVOR08: I almost went with this one, which was more thematic for the last couple of days. but thought a respite was needed.
10. 

    de stijl

    January 4, 2020 at 11:55 am

    @Steven L. Taylor:

    I hate taggers. “I was here!” So lame.

    But artists demand respect. Even if it’s just the form of the letters. A conscious choice. You don’t have to like it- disliking is perfectly valid.

    But there is thought, practice, skill, consideration, control. It is art and craft.